THE LILAC FAIRY BOOK - online childrens book

A Collection of Illustrated classic fairy tales for children by Andrew Lang

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	112 THE STORY OF A VERY BAD BOY
	price than the last. Never had they beheld such a beautiful beast, said they, and at last, after much bargaining, he was handed over to three brothers for a good sum of money.
	It happened that these three brothers owned large flocks of sheep, though none so large and fine as the one they had just bought. ' My flock is the nearest,' observed the eldest brother ; ' we will leave him in the fold for the night, and to-